[Nfb-krafters-korner] aNY HELP FOR BASKET WEAVING
Terry Knox
tknox6 at sc.rr.com
Fri Jul 19 23:20:05 UTC 2013
Thank you for this help and suggestion, I appreciate it.
Terry K
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The reed that is used for basketry or caning must be put in warm water and
soaked for 10 to 15 minutes when starting out. You then while working the
reed dampen it when you feel it getting stiffer. You need it to be
flexible. We had a bucket and a terry cloth wash rag that we would use and
put the reed with the cloth on both sides and run it down the reed that is
in the process of being used. It is important not to leave the reed in
water continuously, but it needs to stay damp in order to stay flexible,.
There is a paper type substance used for chairs. My mind is blank for the
name of the chair weaving, but that is dampened not soaked. I never had
any experience with that, so I am sorry I can't give you any more
information on that. Rush is used too, but we did not use that in the
place I went thru my training. They would refer those chairs out to a
person in CT that did them. I believe the rush was much more costly and
the demand was a lot less for that work.
Joyce Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
In a message dated 7/18/2013 7:17:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tknox6 at sc.rr.com writes:
Joyce or Everyone,
Has anyone worked with basket weaving that might be able to answer a
question for me. I am trying to learn this craft and have purchased a kit,
with instructions. The instructions are clear but they tell me be careful
in working with the material not to break the pieces or I will have to
reattach if broken. My question is: Is it better to soak the material in
water before weaving to make it easier to weave. The kit instruction does
not mention that but it seems better if I did soak it to make it easier to
work with.
Does anyone know and can make any suggestions. Thanks.
Terry KnoxY
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